Story time
So I'm venting to my mom
Basically thinking, it's over
My life and career are over
And my mom, who calls herself "The Momager"
Says, "Sweetie, why don't you just call Broadway
And tell them that if the lead actress wants to take a vacation
You'd be happy to step in"
And I said, "That's not how it works mom"
And she said, "It's just an idea"
I said, "No, it's not, it's crazy, I gotta go"
So, I proceed to furiously rage clean my apartment
Just scrubbing and cleaning everything
Like, "St-st-stupid spot!"
Now at this point, I have officially lost my mind
And the more I lose my mind
The more I'm like, "Vacation? So stupid!
Is it stupid? Everyone loves vacations
No, what? I would never call and say that, never!"
Five minutes later, I call my agent
"Hey, it's Arielle Jacobs
Call Broadway and tell them that
If Jordin Sparks wants to take a vacation
I'd be happy to step in
Yeah, I'm serious, call Broadway"
I go back to cleaning and instantly regret this decision
The phone rings, it's my agent
I'm ninety percent sure he's calling me back to say they're letting me go
He says, "Hey, are you sitting down?"
"Uh, no, I wasn't, should I be?
I'm sitting down now, why?"
And he says, "Erm, they said, 'Jordin's leaving
A lot of the original company, including Lin
Are coming back to close the show
And we'd love to have Arielle come play Nina in the final Broadway cast'"
And that is how I got my Broadway debut
Now closing Heights, felt like being a part of history
So I'd done the show in L.A., I closed it on Broadway
And I'd met all of these casting directors after the show
And I felt like finally maybe now some doors are gonna start opening for me
So I go back to L.A. feeling totally on fire
And nothing happens
I could barely even get an audition
And when I do audition for these casting directors
It feels like they don't even know who I am
Felt like I was starting all over again